Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia

Diocese of Menevia Dioecesis Menevensis Esgobaeth Mynyw
St Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea
Location
Country	Wales
Territory	Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Brecknock and Radnor
Ecclesiastical province	Cardiff
Metropolitan	Cardiff
Coordinates	Coordinates: 52°00′29″N 4°30′18″W / 52.008°N 4.505°W / 52.008; -4.505
Statistics
Area	9,310 km² (3,590 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 829,500 26,200 (3.2%)
Parishes	55
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 May 1898
Cathedral	Swansea Cathedral
Secular priests	30
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Thomas Matthew Burns
Metropolitan Archbishop	George Stack
Vicar General	David Bottrill Brian Kinrade
Episcopal Vicars	Maz Clyne
Emeritus Bishops	John Peter Mark Jabalé Daniel Joseph Mullins
Map
Diocese of Menevia within the Province of Cardiff
Website
Menevia.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a Roman Catholic diocese in Swansea, Wales. It is one of two suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cardiff and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cardiff.

History

The Vicariate Apostolic of Wales was elevated to diocesan status on 12 May 1898 and had its seat at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows^[1] until 1987 when the Diocese of Wrexham was created. The current configuration of the Diocese of Menevia covers the area roughly that of the ancient Diocese of St David's.^[2] ("Menevia" was the Roman name for St David's.) The current bishop is the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns S.M., the eleventh incumbent, who was appointed on 16 October 2008 to succeed the Right Reverend John Mark Jabalé O.S.B.

6th century bishop St Ismael is honoured on June 16.^[3]

29 September 1850: Universalis Ecclesiae: The Roman Catholic Church in Wales is split between the Diocese of Shrewsbury in the north and the Diocese of Newport and Menevia in the south.
4 September 1860: Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire, the cathedral priory of the Diocese of Newport and Menevia is consecrated.^[4]
4 July 1895: The Diocese of Newport and Menevia splits. Glamorgan, Monmouth and Herefordshire become the Diocese of Newport. The rest of Wales, including North Wales from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, becomes the Vicariate of Wales.^[5]
12 May 1898: The Vicariate of Wales become the Diocese of Menevia with its pro-cathedral in Wrexham.^[5]
7 February 1916: The Diocese of Newport becomes the Archdiocese of Cardiff and it is decided that St. David's church in Cardiff would become its cathedral.^[5]
12 March 1920: St David's Cathedral, Cardiff is officially made the metropolitan cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cardiff.^[5]
12 February 1987: The Diocese of Menevia is split. The north becomes the Diocese of Wrexham with its cathedral remaining in Wrexham. The south remains the Diocese of Menevia and sets up Swansea Cathedral.^[5]

There are 27,561 Catholics in the diocese which is served by 34 diocesan priests, 19 religious priests, 9 non-ordained male religious and 100 female religious. There are 34 Catholic educational institutions in the diocese.^[6]

The geographic remit consists of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, and the traditional counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire - an area of 9,310 square kilometres (3,590 sq mi) roughly.

The cathedra is located at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea. Situated within the diocese is the Welsh National Shrine of Our Lady of Cardigan at Cardigan.

Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † (4 July 1895 - 7 March 1921 appointed archbishop of Cardiff)
Francis J. Vaughan † (21 June 1926 - 13 March 1935 died)
Michael Joseph McGrath † (10 August 1935 - 20 June 1940 appointed archbishop of Cardiff)
Daniel Joseph Hannon † (15 March 1941 - 26 April 1946 died)
John Edward Petit † (8 February 1947 - 16 June 1972 retired)
Langton Douglas Fox † (16 June 1972 - 5 February 1981 resigned)
John Aloysius Ward † (5 February 1981 succeeded - 25 March 1983 appointed archbishop of Cardiff)
James Hannigan † (13 October 1983 - 12 February 1987 appointed bishop of Wrexham)
Daniel Joseph Mullins (12 February 1987 - 12 June 2001 retired)
John Mark Jabalé (12 June 2001 - 16 October 2008 retired)
Thomas Matthew Burns (16 October 2008 - succeeded)

There are a total of five deaneries in the Diocese of Menevia, all of which cover several churches in that area, overseen by a dean.

The deaneries are:

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Menevia.

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